Chapter 32

Groaning, Charlie sank into a chair next to the bed, he spun the seat around lost in thought. Where was Ariel? What if something had happened to her? He was sure she was not with Nellie because he had asked Oliver, where could she be? He had been pacing the whole length of the room for what seemed like hours now, cracking his brain for answers to different questions but nothing was forthcoming. For one thing, Charlie was convinced his words had something to do with her disappearance. What if she had run off after he rejected her countless times? But what was he supposed to do? She was a young maid throwing herself at him, it was only noble that he rejected her offer. But what if she had run into the hands of the Rogues and they did something to her? He couldn't live with himself knowing that. A knock on the door brought him out of his reverie, whoever was at the door must have been knocking for a long time because the knock seemed to get louder with each second. "Come in," Cha